Egbert Mead ROBERTS

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ROBERTS, Egbert Mead

Service Number:	101
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 October 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: Location ANZ-9-1-20
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 101, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 101, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 101, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Egbert Mead Roberts was born in 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, a son to Amos Mead Roberts and Agnes Roberts (nee Coulter).

He married Anna Christina Wagner (a descendant of Heinrich Wagner of Toowoomba) on 18 Aug 1903 at Gatton, Queensland. They had 3 children while living in the Gatton and Nanango areas before she passed away in Dec 1918.

He married again on 14 Jun 1919 to Mary Louise Mayo in Queensland.

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